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« Ol.. I'OI M AIN.IllwlIII111 iU thII* U lo Murder**! l»y b»Cllll* IhlumIn the CUlten.Lua Crucp*, Feb. II There ia ^rral j t|l anxiety aa to the whereabout* of 04. A.J. Fountain. 1'uQnUio Iima been in Lincoln county prosecuting rattle 11(, tbicvee. Hlt; turning overland the Tular t ^ lt;m mail carrier on hi* t#y out met trim uf homeward boiiud. Tho mail eatricr re nr I urn ml ami Fountain but imi appeared. Foul piny i» luipecti il. A |*wf e ia j, acouilng the counii). Threeauapioioua ^ ineu on bornebeck w»ro met by Lit* muil carrier, who am thought to be cuttle lliltv, a.i i. ATr.itTho Albuquerque /Vm.wrof an)a: , About 4 o'clock Mod*y afternoon lb a parly returned and reported having * found t'ol. Fountain'* wagon ten tulle* , oft Ih© road, but tho Colonel nor hie I little eon w©ro nowhere to be found, t The homee were gone, aa area hIjni theithMlItb;ItMl01I* feed. the colonel * fllln and Other *i tirh-» IIwhich he bad in the wagon, A (hx un , a der the «iigon «. at in which Colonel p Fountain kept Ilia pujwra. Iiwd l**»n II » pulled out and the content* of the I mu * a wnte rumpled upee If Imvtng lietm gone p i, through hurrldly. All anirtud where the d wagon «u found could be* traced the V I hoof | riot* of three bur ©re fi® Judge N H. Newcomb of Ij« Ornow, h' who pm^ed through here Inal evening Ip I waa alt;eo at th© depot by a Democrat aI repor *r, and whrtt naked of tho affair, OI aald I her© ua- no q m et Ion bnt what iiFountain bad ln.au murdered b) cattle ih J( l|o. v»e ft bom he bail indicted at the *Lincu.n f»un') court. o
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White Oaks Eagle
White Oaks, New Mexico, US
Thu, Feb 06, 1896
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